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Poet Matthew Gutierrez Keeps Notes Along the Way

Posted August 15, 202200:50:19

In this edition of Madison Bookbeat, host Angie Trudell Vasquez speaks with poet Matthew Gutierrez. He's the author of

Mystery author Patricia Skalka on the importance of place

Posted August 8, 202200:52:07

Wisconsin author Patricia Skalka is out this summer with Death Casts a Shadow...

Doug Moe, “The Right Thing To Do – Kit Saunders-Nordeen and the rise of Women’s Intercollegiate Athletics at the University of Wisconsin and Beyond.”

Posted June 28, 202201:05:21

Stu Levitan welcomes Madison native Doug Moe for a conversation ab

out his new biography of the UW’s first director...

Poet Marilyn Taylor

Posted June 13, 202200:50:00

This week on Madison Book Beat, host Rusty Russell speaks with poet Marilyn Taylor.


Marilyn Taylor is a former Poet Laureate...

The Ideas That Shaped America With Professor Ratner-Rosenhagen

Posted June 6, 202200:53:08

What ideas made our country what it is today? In her latest book, UW-Madison history professor Jennifer Ratner-Rosenhagen explores the history of thinkers...